Security advisory

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  "id": "679f2f59f005b305d70cf9738ebba917c6164ae42ece0d6a4ea62060f83403b8",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26288",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-26288",
    "summary": "Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. It is an npm package \"parse-server\". In Parse Server before version 4.5.0, user passwords involved in LDAP authentication are stored in cleartext. This is fixed in version 4.5.0 by stripping password after authentication to prevent cleartext password storage.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-26288",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-26288",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-parse-2020-26288",
        "CVE-2020-26288",
        "GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3"
      ],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "repo": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3c00bcd7912df6fc27348e0c58057d77b54d9789"
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                {
                  "fixed": "da905a357d062ab4fea727a21eac231acc2ed92a"
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              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "0"
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                        "fixed": "4.5.0"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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                    "original_tag": "4.5.0"
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          "versions": [
            "4.4.0",
            "4.3.0",
            "4.2.0",
            "4.1.0",
            "4.0.2",
            "4.0.1",
            "4.0.0",
            "3.10.0",
            "3.9.0",
            "3.8.0",
            "3.7.2",
            "3.7.1",
            "3.7.0",
            "3.6.0",
            "3.5.0",
            "3.4.0",
            "3.4.1",
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            "3.2.3",
            "3.2.2",
            "3.2.1",
            "3.2.0",
            "3.1.3",
            "3.1.2",
            "3.1.1",
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            "3.0.0",
            "2.8.2",
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            "2.7.4",
            "2.7.3",
            "2.7.2",
            "2.7.1",
            "2.7.0",
            "2.6.5",
            "2.6.4",
            "2.6.3",
            "2.6.2",
            "2.6.1",
            "2.6.0",
            "2.5.3",
            "2.5.2",
            "2.5.1",
            "2.5.0",
            "2.4.2",
            "2.4.1",
            "2.4.0",
            "2.3.8",
            "2.3.7",
            "2.3.6",
            "2.3.5",
            "2.3.4",
            "2.3.3",
            "2.3.2",
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            "2.2.25",
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            "2.2.24",
            "2.2.23",
            "2.2.22",
            "2.2.21",
            "2.2.20",
            "2.2.19",
            "2.2.18",
            "2.2.17",
            "2.2.16",
            "2.2.15",
            "2.2.14",
            "2.2.13",
            "2.2.12",
            "2.2.11",
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            "2.0.2",
            "2.0.1",
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            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-26288.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:56.670386294Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/4.5.0",
        "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3",
        "https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-server",
        "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/da905a357d062ab4fea727a21eac231acc2ed92a"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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        "value": "CVE-2020-26288",
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384072,
  "published_at": "2020-12-30T20:15:15.267+00:00"
}